Choreographed by Alison Chase in collaboration with Ras Mikey C and Matt Kent
Two men suspended from hooks swing in the air. At first startling in its simplicity, Ben's Admonition becomes a piece about closeness and distance, dependence and self-reliance, intimacy and war. Premiered in Philadelphia, its title refers to Benjamin Franklin's statement at the signing of the Declaration of Independence: We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.